USPTO Patents Application 10016441

Atty. Dkt.No. 039153-0451 (Gil 56)

IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

Applicant:
Title:

Lukanc et al.

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CERTIFICATE OF MAILING

I hereby certify that this correspondence is being deposited
with the United States Postal Service with sufficient
postage as First Class Mail in an envelope addressed to:
Commissioner for Patents, PO Box 1450, Alexandria,
Virginia 22313-1450, on the date below.

Paul S. Hunter

^Printed NamdJ
(J (Signature)

January 13, 2004

(Date of Deposit)

Appl.No.: 10/016,441

Filing Date: 12/11/2001

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Examiner: S. Rosasco

Art Unit: 1756

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

UNDER 37 CFR §1.56

Commissioner for Patents
PO Box 1450

Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
Sir:

Submitted herewith on Form PTO-1449 is a listing of documents known to Applicants in
order to comply with Applicants' duty of disclosure pursuant to 37 CFR §1 ,56. A copy of each
listed document is being submitted to comply with the provisions of 37 CFR §1.97 and §1.98.

The submission of any document herewith, which is not a statutory bar, is not intended as

an admission that such document constitutes prior art against the claims of the present

application or that such document is considered material to patentability as defined in 37 CFR

§ 1.56(b). Applicants do not waive any rights to take any action which would be appropriate to

antedate or otherwise remove as a competent reference any document which is determined to be a

prima facie art reference against the claims of the present application.

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TIMING OF THE DISCLOSURE

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The listed documents are being submitted in compliance with 37 CFR § 1.97(c), before
the mailing date of either a final action under 37 CFR §1 .1 13, a notice of allowance under 37
CFR §1.31 1, or an action that otherwise closes prosecution in the application.

RELEVANCE OF EACH DOCUMENT

■ All of the documents are in English.

Applicants respectfully request that any listed document be considered by the Examiner
and be made of record in the present application and that an initialed copy of Form PTO-1449 be
returned in accordance with MPEP §609.

STATEMENT

The undersigned hereby states in accordance with 37 CFR §1 .97(e)(2) that no item of
information contained in this supplemental information disclosure statement was cited in a
communication from a foreign patent office in a counterpart foreign application and, to the
knowledge of the undersigned, after making reasonable inquiry, no item of information contained
in the supplemental information disclosure statement was known to any individual designated in
37 CFR § 1.56(c) more than three months prior to the filing of the supplemental information
disclosure statement.

The Commissioner is hereby authorized to charge any additional fees which may be
required regarding this application under 37 CFR §§ 1.16-1.17, or credit any overpayment, to
Deposit Account No. 50-2350. Should no proper payment be enclosed herewith, as by a check
being in the wrong amount, unsigned, post-dated, otherwise improper or informal or even

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entirely missing, the Commissioner is authorized to charge the unpaid amount to Deposit
s k \ Account No. 50-2350.

Respectfully submitted,

Date' January 13. 2004

FOLEY & LARDNER Paul S . Hunter

1 50 East Gilman Street Attorney for Applicant

P. O. Box 1497 Registration No. 44,787

Madison, Wisconsin 53701-1497

Telephone: (608) 258-4292

Facsimile: (608) 258-4258

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FormPIQ4449 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
(M^IF^lJX PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

ATTY. DOCKET NO.

039153-0451 (G1156)

SERIAL NO.

10/016,441

« UNGteF&AT'ON DISCLOSURE CITATION

APPLICANT

Lukanc

et al.

FILING DATE

GROUP ART UNIT

rOT^ se several sheets // necessary)

12/11/2001

1756

U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS

EXAMINER
INITIAL

REF

DOCUMENT
NUMBER

DATE

NAME

CLASS

SUB-
CLASS

cm \Kiri nATP

IF

APPROPRIATE

5,686,208

11/11/97

Le et al

6,493,866

12/10/02

May hew

6,534,224

3/18/03

Lukanc

6,543,045

4/1/03

Ludwig et al

FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS

REF

DOCUMENT
NUMBER

DATE

COUNTRY

CLASS

SUB-
CLASS

TRANSLATION

YES

NO

03/054626

03.07.2003

WO

OTHER DOCUMENTS (Including Author, Title, Date, Pertinent Pages, Etc.)

EXAMINER

DATE CONSIDERED

* EXAMINER: Initial if citation considered, whether or not citation is in conformance with MPEP 609; Draw
line through citation if not in conformance and not considered. Include any copy of this form with next
communication to applicant.

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